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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sapwood
noun
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▪ Division of these cells adds new bark to the outer side of the cambium and new sapwood to the inside.
▪ The growth region is a thin band of cells called the cambium, which lies between the bark and the sapwood.
▪ The infection court, said Ketchledge, permits the fungus to enter the cambium layer and the sapwood through the aggregated wounds.
▪ Where most or all of the sapwood is missing, the felling date can not be identified.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sapwood

Sapwood \Sap"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood.

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sapwood

n. The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch, different in color from the heartwood.

WordNet
sapwood

n. newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction

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Sapwood

Sapwood may refer to:

  • Sapwood (wood), the part of living wood where sap flows, as distinct from the heartwood, where it doesn't
  • SS-6 Sapwood, the NATO reporting name for the R-7 Semyorka intercontinental ballistic missile

Usage examples of "sapwood".

There was a final gurgle that shook the floor as the last of a half million gallons of chemical solution was forced deep into Yggdrasil's sapwood.

Just beside her the bark was deeply split, a huge crack reaching in to breach the medullary ray that carried die tree's necessary nutrients, and on, deep into the sapwood.